09. The City Must Survive - Frostpunk Original Soundtrack

Composed by Piotr Musiał.

Digital versions:

You can also listen to the soundtrack on iTunes, Tidal and other streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Frostpunk Theme
02. Are We Alone?
03. The Darkest Of Days
04. Streets Of New London
05. Brave New World
06. The Last Flame
07. The Shepherd
08. Into The Storm
09. The City Must Survive
10. Damned Souls
11. The Still, Cold World (BONUS TRACK)

All tracks composed by Piotr Musiał, performed by Atom String Quartet & Sofia Session Orchestra.

Piotr Musiał is a renown Polish music game composer, who in the past worked on such titles as This War of Mine, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine, Bulletstorm, Beat Cop, Anomaly Series and more.

Get Frostpunk on:

[witoldgrabowskiwatcher]

I legit broke in tears when the man came back, I was so glad I let him, he literally saved my city from hope breakdown the first time I played

[Jeffry_Ab]

>The temperature just dropped to -150c
>The food ran out 2 days ago
>The coal will run out soon
>The people cant work anymore
>The infirmaries are all overcrowded
>Riots break in the streets
>You no longer have control over the situation, the storm took that from you
>The silhouette of a man stands at the edge of the city, he's carrying something, someone, a child
>An old feeling you thought forgotten comes back to you
>Hope rises

[stringstorm]

The song is the epitome of "You can't do anything about it. You just have to hope you're strong enough."

[strenghtbracer]

Not gonna lie I was impressed by that one man who came back to the city at -150C with his lost daughter

[Dumb-Comment]

A gigachad coming into the city with his daughter in -150c and people are dying in my houses

[sephyrrhos]

"Brace yourselves, Frost is coming!"

[III_DarkAngel]

"You are not part of Mother Nature's plan, and you will bear the full force of her wrath. The true test of Human vs. Nature." -The Long Dark

[Malo-oskk]

I almost started crying when i listened to this.
This music and this game is the purest definition of art.

[LtDanK]

The first time beating this game is an experience I'll never forget.
The threat of cold steadily getting stronger, watching your citizens struggle to make it day by day, the weight of responsibility on your shoulders, having to make the hard decisions, watching the final storm approach, praying your preparations would be enough, sending those brave souls into the mine, having to shut down buildings like a surgeon cutting off frostbitten limbs, finally having everyone gather around the generator as it groans under the immense strain, praying it can last just a few more days, just a few more hours, just a few more minutes.
A masterpiece of a game. Well done 11 bit studios, well done.

[theotv]

First time hearing this music:

"Oh what an epic music. It's here to congratulate me on making this far right?"

*30 seconds later*

"This is boss music isn't it?"

[AlbertCole_]

Easily one of the most intense sequences I ever experienced in gaming. I was on the edge of my seat and getting all emotional. "Don't die on me now! Come on guys, one last push! We can make it!"

[Donnerbalken]

When the thermometer hit -150°C, i found myself shouting "THE FUCKING AIR IS LIQUIFYING"

[seraphik]

we all have our stories... here's mine.

the first time through, i thought i was doing pretty good for the first few weeks. i didn't really rush -- it didn't occur to me this game had a timeline, with increasing challenges. thought it was city mgmt game as ush, you know? took my time, diddled around, and then when the survivors started pouring in i was suddenly on the back foot. not enough supplies, not enough housing, and never enough warmth. i never did catch up after that. i managed to stumble my way to the final storm, hoping maybe i'd be okay... i can't describe how terrifying and disheartening it was to see those repeated temperature drops crop up on the timeline. with every plunge my already thin reserves were stretched further. discontent was rising, hope was plummeting, people were literally freezing in the streets. as the final triple-temp-drop rolled in, i had nothing left. no coal, no food, no ability to make things even an iota better for my people. all i could do was hope... desperately... that somehow it would all be enough. amazingly, a sun had appeared on the timeline. was that it? the end of the storm? would i make it after all?

literally 6 hours before the storm broke, my rioting citizens dragged me from my post and dumped me in the snow. banished. i was so fucking immersed i could almost feel the killing cold. temperatures like that, -150C, would have me dead in minutes. i wouldn't live to see the end of the storm, but maybe my city would...

immediately after that game ended, i started another. it was 11pm on a weeknight, and i told myself i'd just play for an hour. i ended up playing for the next 5 hours, straight through. it was always "one more quest" or "one more target" and next thing i knew the final storm was on the horizon again. i'd done better this time. i didn't waste a day, an hour, a minute. i set my people working right away, made the hard choices, built the buildings, mined the coal, kept people alive. when the survivors started pouring in i had the reserves to bring them into the fold. i'd planned my city better to keep everyone warm and safe. i'd kept up with resource gathering and as i rolled into the final storm, i had decent reserves. even so, i was worried. who wouldn't be?

btw -- i was, at this point, living in the upper midwest. it was december, middle of the night, cold af outside. i couldn't think of a more appropriate way to experience this game. i literally remember turning out my lights and opening up my windows so i could get just a little more immersed. then i unpaused and... this song started.

my city plunged into the bitter cold. people stopped working. i closed down everything i could, conserved power and heat. my citizens huddled in their homes and waited for the worst. the happy reds and oranges turned to yellows... then greens... then blues. i kicked the generator into overdrive. the cold abated a bit. but then the generator was getting too stressed. i had to take it down a notch. immediately the edges of my city were purple. people were getting sick. the infirmaries were getting overwhelmed. i had to switch the overdrive back on. the storm bore down harder -- i was running low on supplies -- would i make it? back and forth i toggled between overdrive and normal, keeping a wary eye on the gauge. i used to draw the redline at 95% stress. now i was letting it creep to 96... 97... all the way to 99. even sat at 99 for a few seconds sometimes because i was that desperate.

then the final three drops. this was it. do or die. i knew there was an end to the storm. i just didn't know if i would make it. discontent was up again, hope was low... but i was better off than last time. colder and colder. even overdrive wasn't enough anymore, and at the worst possible moment, my generator hit 99% stress again. i knocked the overdrive off. the entire city was freezing to death, but there were only a few hours left of this hell. i let the stress die down to 98% and kicked the overdrive right back on again --

the music stopped. wtf? did i blow the generator up? what happened?

and then i realized: i had made it. the temperature soared back to livable numbers. the end text showed up. it was 4 in the fucking morning, i had to work in a few hours, but MY CITY. HAD. SURVIVED.

[thelradame]

Its -34 celsius at the north pole, what the people in frost-punk survive is incredible.

[FreedomFighterEx]

A city building game where there is a boss. I can't call it a boss battle. There is no battle. There is no way for you to fight against it. This boss can't be bargain or reason with. The only thing you can do is to brace, lay low, and pray that your city is well-prepared enough to endure its abuse and punishment. Either your city collapse under its own stress, chaos, riot, and infighting or you make it through to see the bitter ending. Hell has frozen.

[ArtekGeneral]

I love the final stand theme at 3:22.
The only scene i can imagine being appropriate for it is the Captain standing near overdrive lever as he watches in horror how the temperature on thermometer keeps going down while whatever displays generator's stress level keeps going up. 2 bars, both going in directions he doesn't want them to go. And both getting dangerously close to the point where they absolutely must not be, ever.

[TerencePonce]

Literal chills on the second half of the song. I remember getting to this part in the game for the first time and I really felt the gravity of the situation because of this song.

[Banana-egdr]

If Frostpunk is made into the movies and this soundtrack is used in the same situation. I bet it will be one of the most memorable moments in film history. Imagine all the chaos would show on the screen and a faint silhouette of a man walking closer to the city each second and when it's close enough you see Gigachad came back with his daughter.

[chaospacemarine]

"Man, sure is nice living in New London, eh Captain?"
*Captain screams as he tries to balance the Generator from going critical*
*Miners die en masse in the mines*
*People literally dying of frostbite in their -30 degrees homes.*
*Sips cold water* "Yep, just another day at the office."

[coyote]

"Dad, why is my sister named Rose?"
Well son because roses are your mother's favorite thing
"Oh thanks dad"
No problem *Violin Section Of The City Must Survive*